One teen has found a cheap way to turn salt water into safe drinking water for people. He managed to do it all from his classroom. The student is a senior at a high school in Portland. He wanted to address this issue because only one in eight people have access to clean drinking water. He has won a huge award for his findings.

Key Takeaways:

• Chaitanya Karamchedu, a senior at Jesuit High School Senior in Portland, decided to address the fact that 1 in 8 people don’t have access to clean water by using his high school lab to experiment.
• Scientists looked at desalination, but it’s all still inaccessible to places and it would cost too much to implement on a large scale.
• Trying to isolate drinkable water from the ocean in a cost effective way is something scientists have been trying to figure out for years.

“Trying to isolate drinkable water from the ocean in a cost effective way is something scientists have been trying to figure out for years.”

https://metro.co.uk/2017/02/04/teen-finds-cheap-way-to-turn-salt-water-into-safe-drinking-water-6426659/